Help playing embed M4V from iTunes RSS feed

Question

Hi there !
I'm having problems when playing embedded M4V files from iTunes RSS feed.
It works fine on Mac OS X but not on Windows. QT launchs correctly but nothing starts.
The code I use is simple but normally OK :
<embed src="URLOF_THE_M4V_FILE_PROVIDED_BY_ITUNESRSSFEED" width="XXX" height="XXX" autostart="true" />
Does anyone have the solution ?
I need assistance.
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Olivier

Answer 1

Firstly, iTunes is using the feed at http://sermon.net/rss/davidwiley/main rather than the URL you quote, though the two do look to be identical.
You have introduced a fatal error into your feed. The 'itunes:summary' tag for the episode of 1 December reads:
<itunes:summary>Audio working perfect!! - Elijah's name means YHVH IS GOD. Do you know who God is? Do we all worship the same god with different names? Are there many gods? 3 miracles in 3 years supply Elijah with the strength to face the coming showdown with Baal &a...</itunes:summary>
Because the entry has been truncated by the method you have used to create your feed the code your have presumably entered for an ampersand, &amp;, has been clipped resulting in a stray ampersand. That is sufficient to render the entire feed unreadable. I would advise avoiding ampersands anyway, and using the word 'and' (it's also better grammar).
Correcting this should get your feed working again unless the same thing has happened further down. You are using the code &quot; frequently - this isn't necessary, you can simply type the straight double quotes - " - without the need to code them (though this may be happening automatically).
As a result of this issue the feed shows with no episodes when subscribing in iTunes: the Store page is complete as it caches feeds - in fact it shows two later episodes than the one with the error, so possibly you've managed to introduce this at a later stage.